Deciding to become physically active can be one of the best things you can do for your health. ...

Atherosclerosis is a common condition that develops when a sticky substance called plaque builds up inside your arteries. Disease ...

The first step toward heart health is understanding your risk of heart disease. Your risk depends on many factors, ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women of all ages, races, and shapes and sizes ...

Most of us get headaches from time to time. Some are mild. Others cause throbbing pain. They can ...

The NIH’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) broadly invests in research to find ways to help people live ...

Healthy human kidneys filter more than 30 gallons of blood each day on average, efficiently removing extra fluid ...

Many aspects of modern life, including screen use and shift work, can confuse the body’s natural sleep and ...

Do birds of a feather really flock together? The science says yes. People do tend to choose friends ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes pain and swelling in the joints. It’s an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune ...

“Screen time” used to mean sitting around and watching TV. For kids, too much time in front of ...

It’s hard to avoid stress. Work, money, current events, and the hassles of everyday life are just a ...

Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs about the size of your fist. They sit below the rib cage ...

Paying attention to what’s going on right this second can be hard. We often spend more time thinking ...

Are you thinking of trying a “detox” or cleanse? They claim to help you lose weight or rid ...

Longitudinal survey data of more than 3,000 adolescents ages 11-14 recorded before and during the early months of ...

More than 25 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain. This is pain that lasts for ...